Geneva:The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alarm over ongoing yellow fever outbreaks affecting nine African countries. These countries have reported a total of 67 confirmed cases.
According to Wam, the affected countries include Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Togo, and Nigeria. WHO has identified factors such as cross-border population movement, the presence of mosquitoes capable of transmitting the disease, and varying levels of vaccination coverage as key contributors to the risk of further transmission and spread.
The WHO has evaluated the public health risk of the current outbreak as moderate at the regional level while considering it low on a global scale.